Active-duty US Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke will stand trial in December for allegedly abusing classified intelligence to profit from prediction markets. He faces charges including commodities fraud and wire fraud.
Especialistas alertam que plataformas de previsão, como Polymarket e Kalshi, não são um bom termômetro para a disputa presidencial brasileira, apesar de serem usadas nas redes sociais. O governo brasileiro bloqueou o acesso a esses sites, que operam como derivativos financeiros, mas políticos e influenciadores de direita continuam a divulgar seus dados como contraponto às pesquisas tradicionais. No entanto, o mercado de apostas reflete mais o comportamento de operadores sofisticados e pode ser manipulado, diferentemente das pesquisas eleitorais.
Army Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke pleaded not guilty to charges of using classified information to profit from prediction market betting on Polymarket. The 38-year-old soldier allegedly placed 13 bets totaling $33,034 between December 27, 2025 and January 2, 2026 on contracts predicting U.S. forces entering Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro being unseated. After the January 3 raid occurred as allegedly known, his bets generated $409,881 in profits. This marks the first federal prosecution connected to prediction market activity.
Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an Army Special Forces soldier, has been charged with wire fraud for allegedly using classified information about a planned U.S. military raid in Caracas to place profitable bets on Polymarket. He allegedly wagered about $33,000 in more than a dozen bets on whether U.S. forces would be in Venezuela by Jan. 31 and whether Maduro would be out of office, winning nearly $410,000. Van Dyke was released on a $250,000 bond and ordered to appear in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors have charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an active-duty U.S. Army soldier who the indictment says has served as a U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant, with allegedly using classified information about a military operation to make more than $400,000 in prediction-market profits. After months of online discourse around suspected insider trading on Polymarket and Kalshi, […] The post Trump “not happy” with prediction markets – says world is a “casino” as Special Forces soldier arrested for insider trading on Polymarket appeared first on CryptoSlate.
A US Special Forces soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, has been charged with using classified intelligence from a covert mission that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to place bets on prediction market Polymarket, netting over $400,000. Van Dyke, a Master Sergeant stationed at Fort Bragg, was involved in planning the December 2025-January 2026 operation and allegedly placed 13 bets on outcomes like US forces entering Venezuela and Maduro's removal. He faces multiple charges including unlawful use of confidential government information, theft, wire fraud, and unlawful monetary transactions.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke est accusé d’avoir utilisé des informations confidentielles pour parier sur l’intervention des États-Unis au Venezuela le 3 janvier sur le site de prédictions Polymarket.
US prosecutors alleged that Gannon Ken Van Dyke asked Polymarket to delete his account after profiting from trades tied to the military operation in Venezuela.
Un soldado estadounidense ha sido acusado de fraude tras utilizar información clasificada sobre la captura de Nicolás Maduro para ganar 400.000 dólares en apuestas en Polymarket. El caso ha generado preocupaciones sobre el uso de información privilegiada en mercados de predicción.
A US Army special forces soldier involved in Operation Absolute Resolve that captured Nicolas Maduro has been arrested for allegedly betting on the operation's outcome using classified information. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, stationed at Fort Bragg, won over $409,000 on crypto prediction platform Polymarket before the January 3 raid was publicly known. He faces charges including theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, and wire fraud.
In the weeks leading up to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's January 3 capture, Gannon Ken Van Dyke used sensitive classified information to make wagers on prediction market Polymarket.
US Army special forces soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, has been charged with using classified information from a military operation to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro to make over $400,000 on prediction market Polymarket. Van Dyke was involved in the planning and execution of the operation for about a month beginning December 8, 2025. He faces charges including unlawful use of confidential government information, theft of non-public government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and unlawful monetary transaction.
We knew someone made over $400,000 on suspicious Polymarket bets around the US operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, but now we have a name: Gannon Ken Van Dyke. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced Thursday that Van Dyke is in custody, on several charges, including using confidential government […]
We knew someone made over $400,000 on suspicious Polymarket bets around the US operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, but now we have a name: Gannon Ken Van Dyke. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced Thursday that Van Dyke is in custody, on several charges, including using confidential government […]
